XV Congress of the Russian Geographical Society
President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergey Shoigu
November 7, 2014 in Moscow, in the Lomonosov building Moscow State University, the next Congress of the Russian Geographical Society was held societies.
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Society, President of Russia Vladimir Putin took part in its work. Putin, President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu, 226 delegates from all over the country and honorary the guests.
"Dear colleagues, friends, one of the main tasks of our Congress is to summarize the results of our activities The Russian Geographical Society for the last 5 years,–said Shoigu.– You all know the history of Society well, how it lived in different years. And, of course, remember the unacceptable long period of stagnation for such a unique organization, in which she has been staying for the last few decades. Today I want to thank everyone who in 2009 at At an extraordinary Congress, he decided to revive the Russian Geographical Society and entrusted it to me to lead this significant work."
Sergey Shoigu, President of the Society, made a report on the work of the organization for 2010-2014. Besides, A new version of the Company's Charter was approved, the President of the Company and members of the Audit Commission were elected, The Governing and Academic Councils, as well as a number of working issues were considered.
The Congress received greetings from 11 friendly geographical societies of the world – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Spain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Serbia, Turkey and the Czech Republic.